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Hank Paulson and Goldman Sachs Are RICO Enterprises

There is now no doubt that Henry Paulson and Goldman Sachs have committed numerous felonies.  Paulson laundered several billion dollars of money through A.I.G. to Goldman Sachs.  Paulson lied to Congress about the true nature of TARP.  Paulson also violated the honest-service statute, which makes it a felony for a government official to breach his fidicuariy obligation to taxpayers: Paulson clearly did when he transferred billions of dollars of wealth to Goldman Sachs under false pretenses.  The New York Times is reporting about the Paulson-Goldman conversations:   While Mr. Paulson spoke to many Wall Street executives during [the early days of the economic crisis], he was in very frequent contact with Lloyd C. Blankfein, Goldman?s chief executive, according to a copy of Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on August 09, 2009 (boomark / email).